Chuckitall
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Going out to buy a memory card. What's a good card for the video and picts, but video will be a major use underwater.
Received my s95 today?
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diver 85
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I'd use the ones you used in your other digital cameras....I use 2(??4 if you do alot of video) gigs or less---can keep individual 2 tanks boats seperated easily on a week long+ trip that way too....
and go shoot some UW video with it so you can show me what it does------
and go shoot some UW video with it so you can show me what it does------
I have two 8 and a 16, they fill up fast with RAW+JPEG. Video, don't know, don't care, don't even know how to turn the video on. N
Gilligan
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No less than an 8 GIG card. If you are going to shoot a lot of video then no less than 16.
Some say two 8's is better than one 16 so that all your eggs are not in the same basket should the card fail. But how many times does a card fail? All it takes is once. You can likely recover the data with Photo Rescue Wizard or similar program depending on why the card failed.
Personally, I use two 8 GIG cards but I don't shoot video.
It all boils down to personal preference.
That's a pretty common sentiment among photographers. But in the context of underwater photography, IMHO that has to be balanced against the increased likelihood and cost of flooding resulting from unnecessary opening and closing of the housing (in order to switch out cards and make use of the redundancy).
I don't know what the bitrate is on the S95's video (I know Canon has touted the higher-than-average bitrate 640x480 recording on the S90/G11), but my Flip holds about 2 hours of video on 8GB at 720p 30fps. More me, that's more than enough for a day of shooting video. I'd rather get one card that holds everything I need, rather than get two smaller cards that are insufficient in and of themselves, which you have to swap out between shoots in order to have enough space.
Of course, it's always good to have a backup card, so if 8GB is enough, get an 8GB and whatever backup is needed; if 16GB is what you need, get a 16 and a backup, rather than two 8's. Just my $0.02.
